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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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